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<p>New page: &#039;&#039;&#039;Control&#039;&#039;&#039; refers to the mechanism whereby an unexpressed notional <a href="/index.php?title=Subject" title="Subject">subject</a>, especially of a nonfinite verb such as an <a href="/index.php?title=Infinitive" title="Infinitive">infinitive</a>, gets its reference. ===Example=== In a sentenc...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Control&#039;&#039;&#039; refers to the mechanism whereby an unexpressed notional [[subject]], especially of a nonfinite verb such as an [[infinitive]], gets its reference.<br /> <br /> ===Example===<br /> In a sentence like &#039;&#039;Masha asked Jorge to help him&#039;&#039;, the unexpressed subject of &#039;&#039;to help him&#039;&#039; is interpreted as being coreferential with the object &#039;&#039;Jorge&#039;&#039;. It is said to &#039;&#039;&#039;be controlled by&#039;&#039;&#039; the object noun phrase.<br /> <br /> ===Polysemy===<br /> &#039;&#039;Control&#039;&#039; is also used for<br /> * a notion similar to [[volitionality]], see [[control (of action)]].<br /> <br /> ===Synonyms===<br /> In earlier transformational grammar, the term [[equi-NP deletion]] was often used for such constructions, but it implies a different analysis.<br /> <br /> ===Subtypes===<br /> *[[subject control]], [[object control]]<br /> *[[obligatory control]], [[optional control]]<br /> *[[backward control]]<br /> <br /> ===Reference===<br /> *Manzini, Maria Rita. 1983. &quot;On control and control theory.&quot; &#039;&#039;Linguistic Inquiry&#039;&#039; 14:421-446.<br /> <br /> ===Other languages===<br /> *German [[Kontrolle]]<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Syntax]]</div>

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